Where to Stay AFTER the Wedding?

So our wedding is on a Sunday and we’re planning to wrap things up around 8:00 that evening. We are leaving for our honeymoon very early Monday morning. Our parents and FI think we should stay in a hotel because going home afterwards is very anticlimactic. Thing is, we’ve already decided we will have to go by the house to get our suitcases and stuff so we aren’t worrying about them during the wedding. I’d rather stay at our house that night (we live together already) to be comfortable and have all the things we need as we’re heading out the next morning at the crack of dawn. I figure $150 is a lot to spend for 8 hours of sleep (if that!) after the wedding.

Thoughts? Ideas? Comments? Where did or where will you and FI/DH sleep the night of the wedding after all the excitement?

@The_Future_KB: My husband & I had the same question. We didn’t go on a honeymoon though, we just didn’t know if we should go someplace nice for the night, like this bed & breakfast that we have dreamed of going to for quite some time now.

But, we ended up going home & I had no regrets because the cost of one night at a bed & breakfast is stupid when we lived 30 minutes from the venue, & also because I was starving & exhausted by the time the wedding was over & the stress had subsided. Going home might seem”anticlimatic” in theory right now, but I think you will be a lot more comfortable & happy that you went home when it’s all said & done.

We are staying at a hotel the night of our wedding because we are not going away for a honeymoon because my FH is a teacher and can’t get the time off. If you did want to stay at a hotel for the night you could always drop your suitcase off at the hotel before the wedding and have the staff bring your luggage up to the room that way it will be there for you when you get there.

@ajillity81: Our venue is a 4-H center with rooms, but they’re all double queen rooms and not very nice, so not much of an option.

@cathigh2013: The luggage is a good idea if we go that route. If we werne’t leaving so early the next morning I’d be all about the hotel, but it just seems like an extra cost and more hassle for a few hours.

Our flight for our honeymoon departs about 5 hours after the wedding is over and will be about an hour or so drive from the wedding. We are staying in a hotel near the venue the night before the wedding. We have a limo taking us to the hotel to change and grab our luggage, and then take us to the airport. Didn’t want to drive because we’ll be drinking all day during the reception…lol.

Needless to say, we won’t be getting much sleep, and we’ll arrive at our destination by 3pm the next day, settle in to our villa, and probably stay in the first night to catch up on sleep LOL

How far are you from the airport? What I would do if I were you would be to have the car packed up and ready to go, and then drive from the reception to a nice hotel near the airport. This way you can have the “hotel experience” AND sleep in the next day and not have to worry about rushing in the AM.

oh, and to answer your question, we’re staying in a hotel. We live 2 and a half miles from our venue (in another state. XD) so hotel it is! Then we’ll have brunch with our relatives who are still in town, drive home, and decompress for a day. Then we’ll havea day to get packed for our (camping) honeymoon and get any last minute items purches, and head out the next day. I am SO glad we have a little time to breathe between the wedding and honeymoon!!!

@JrzyGurl: About 3 hours. Our flight leaves at 9:45, but a 3 hour drive, and losing an hour, plus getting there early enough to do security and everything. That’s too far to drive that night after a long day.

@Asia: I’m wishing more and more that we had a day between the wedding and leaving for the honeymoon just to settle, sleep and pack and relax. Oh well, stuff is booked!

Thanks everything, I think I’ll try to talk FI into just going home and chilling there before starting our honeymoon bright and early the next day!

I think we’re just going to go home. It’s not likely that either one of us will be trashed (I might be tipsy, but FI will only have one drink) and our apartment isn’t that far away from the venue. We thought about taking FMIL up on her offer to get us a room at the hotel down the street, but then we’d have to pack ANOTHER bag and check out, etc. We’re leaving in the morning for our minimoon, so we might as well just go home anyway, since we’re just going to have to go home and stop by the bank, which is by our apartment.